PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End Wars (Second Edition)
Christine Bell looks at how digital transformation is being used to support peace and transition processes, at a moment when war is on the rise. This Open Access book...
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Disaggregated Mediation: The Localisation of Peace Processes Amid Global and Domestic...
This article examines disaggregated mediation in contemporary conflict resolution, proposing a new conceptual framework to analyse its drivers, dynamics, and implications through analysis of post-coup Myanmar.
Still time to talk: Adaptation and innovation in peace mediation
Accord 30 examines the evolving mediation landscape and explores innovative approaches to engage armed groups, navigate the digital environment, and ensure diverse views are incorporated into peace processes.
PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End Wars
Christine Bell provides a 12-Step Manifesto laying out the types of practice and commitment needed for successful use of digital tools to support peace processes.
Constitutionalizing conflict: Beyond constituent power—Afterword to the Foreword by...
This Afterword affirms Verdugo’s thesis that the concept of “constituent power” is not helpful to evaluating the legality or legitimacy of constitutional replacement moves.
Summary of the Spaces of Local Agreements: Towards a Peace Process Imaginary
Data on local agreements offers an alternative frame to understand conflict resolution in the current moment, and points to a new imaginary for peace processes.
The Spaces of Local Agreements: Towards a New Imaginary of the Peace Process
Examining when, how and why local agreements are used to end violent conflict, drawing on the PA-X Local dataset of peace agreements.
Constitution-building and Disruption: Addressing Changing Conflict Patterns
Summarising discussions at the Eighth Edinburgh Dialogue on Post-Conflict Constitution-Building in 2021.
Military Power-Sharing and Inclusion in Peace Processes
Authors: Christine Bell, Sam Gluckstein, Robert Forster, and Jan Pospisil Key Findings: Military power-sharing is an effective tool for ending violence. Military power-sharing arrangements focus on the inclusion of...
Untangling Conflict: Local Peace Agreements in Contemporary Armed Violence
Authors: Jan Pospisil, Laura Wise, and Christine Bell This research draws on discussions held at two Joint Analysis Workshops in October and November 2019 organised by the Political Settlements...
A globalised practice of local peace agreements
Authors: Christine Bell, Laura Wise, Juline Beaujouan, Tim Epple, Robert Forster and Robert Wilson This article argues that local peace agreements can be globalised in three main ways: Local...
Global Realignments: Understanding Peace Process Interventions Through News
This report describes findings from analysis of global media perceptions of interventions in peace-related activities, using GDELT – a Google-based database of coded global news stories – as a...